Minotaur

A Greek mythological monster, half man and half bull, the Minotaur was the offspring of Pasiphae, wife of King Minos of Crete, and a beautiful white bull. Poseidon had caused Pasiphae to fall in love with the bull as a punishment to Minos for failing to offer the bull in sacrifice to the gods. Kept in the Labyrinth designed by Daedalus, where 14 youths were annually sacrificed to him by Minos, the Minotaur was finally killed by the Athenian hero Theseus, with the help of Ariadne, daughter of Minos.